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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j33q8m3 wrote

You should stop by the big box home improvement stores. Home Depot and Lowes offer design services for a relatively nominal fee. It's a good place to start and see what the corporate folks can design, recommend, etc. If you don't like what they go with, you've already eliminated a possible redo when you search for an independent contractor.

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DPedia OP t1_j33s1mg wrote

Yeah? My concern is the house is way old, and things aren't exactly up to code as of now. I feel like their standard go-to options won't work for one reason or another. Like, their design plans include recessed lights but we find out the house isn't wired to support that (that's a bad example, but you know what I mean). But maybe I'm just not giving them enough credit for what they do.

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DirectorBeneficial48 t1_j34dwwn wrote

All of what the kitchen designers do is custom. There's obviously standard patterns they're using in their mockups because they're popular and easy, but everyone does that, and obviously if you say you don't want xyz, they'll draw up something without it.

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